Judicial Affidavit Rule (AM 12-8-8-SC)

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1. In a proceeding governed by the Judicial Affidavit Rule, what does a compliant judicial affidavit ordinarily replace?
2. What form does Section 3 require for the substantive examination recorded in a judicial affidavit?
3. What must the examining or supervising lawyer attest under oath?
4. A witness understands Cebuano but not English. Counsel proposes an English judicial affidavit that the witness cannot u…
5. An opponent wishes to question a present affiant about both the judicial affidavit and its attached exhibits. Does the …
6. In a civil case governed by the Judicial Affidavit Rule, a party files a notarized affidavit containing hearsay answers…
7. A civil witness’s affidavit is filed in a proceeding governed by the Judicial Affidavit Rule, but the witness fails to …
8. Explain why a judicial affidavit replaces direct testimony without making the witness’s appearance and cross-examinatio…
9. A judicial affidavit accurately records a witness’s account, but the lawyer knowingly coached the answers and signs an …
10. Identify the principal factual content and exhibit foundations that a judicial affidavit must contain.
11. If an original exhibit is retained under Section2(b), must the attached reproduction be warranted as faithful in the ju…
12. May the court actively examine the witness to assess credibility and elicit needed answers under Section7?